Faculty

Sharona Ross (Chair)

MD, FACS

President, Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons (SLS) 2025
Past President, Society of Robotic Surgery (SRS) 2024
Professor of Surgery, University of Central Florida
Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery & Robotic Surgery & Surgical Endoscopy
Director, Center for Digestive Disorders & Pancreatic Cancer
Director, GERD and Esophageal Cancer Center
Director, Advanced GI And HPB Surgical Fellowship
Digestive Health Institute Tampa

Tanuja Damani (Co-Chair)

MD, FACS

System Chief for Colon and Rectal Surgery at Mount Sinai Health Systems
Professor of Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital
Director of Clinical Trials for the Department of Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital

Nita Ahuja

MD

Maria Altieri

MD, MS

Melanie Aya-ay

MD

Maureen Ayral

MBA

Gina Baldo

BA

Alisa Coker

MD

Marie Crandall

MD, MPH, FACS

Sharmila Dissanaike

MD

Rahila Essani

MD, FACS, FASCRS

Alisan Fathalizadeh

MD, MPH

Julie Freischlag

MD

Vivian Gahtan

MD

Scott Gallagher

MD, FACS

Karen E. Gibbs

MD

Betsy Grunch

MD, FAANS, FACS

Krista Haines

DO, MA

Monique Hassan

MD

Melissa Hogg

MD

Darla Hutton

MSN

Lisa Jane Jacobsen

MD, MPH, MSHPEd

Deborah Keller

MS, MD

KMarie King

MD, MS, MBA, FACS

Marina Kurian

MD

Greeta Kal

MD

Anne Lidor

MD, MPH, FACS

S. Julie-Ann Lloyd

MD, PhD, FACS, DABOM, FASMBS

Rebecca Manget Minter

MD

Martin Martino

MD

Sallie Matthews

Executive Director, SAGES

Kellie McFarlin

MD, FACS

Sarah A. McLaughlin

MD, FACS

Leigh Neumayer

MD, MS, MBA, FACS

Patricia Numann

MD

Lynn O'Connor

MD, MPH, FACS, FASCRS

Melissa Phillips

MD, FACS

Aurora Pryor

MD, MBA

Alia Qureshi

MSc, MD, FACS, FRCSC

Linda Richetelli-Pepe

MBA, CHC

Ann M. Rogers

MD

Sarah Samreen

MD

Steven Schwaitzberg

MD

Rooma Sinha

MD

Sharon L. Stein

MD, FACS, FASCRS

Nova Szoka

MD

Jennifer Tseng

MD, MPH

Danielle Walsh

MD

Vonda Wright

MD, MS, FAOA